Abstract
In the effort to stem the HIV pandemic, the promotion of the correct and consistent use of condoms has to be a priority in the primary health care sector. This study, concentrating on the southern Free State, sought to identify obstacles to condom usage and to develop strategies to encourage condom usage. Both primary health care workers and their clients served as respondents in the study.
Highlights
The im portance o f the use o f condom s has increased in the light of the current HIV pandemic facing South Africa
In South Africa, condoms are available at Primary Health Care (PHC) clinics and are available to the majority of South Africans
It is crucial to investigate what barriers exist in the PHC setting that pre vent the correct and consistent use of condoms and what atti tudes or behaviour of the clients themselves may pose a bar rier to the use of condoms
Summary
A multi-disciplinary approach was followed in this project, where primary health care workers participated in a research m ethodology-training program in order to develop research skills They were selected in such as way as to be representa tive of the PHC clinics in the region. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were employed during this study. The unit of analysis was the patient who reported to the prim ary health care clinic fo r treatment o f a sexually transmitted in fection, as well as those who visited the clinic to obtain con doms In this way the target population (sexually active cli ents) was reached. In this regard researchers in Region B decided to launch a study focusing on condom usage
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